There is unspeakable joy... for the person who knows release from guilt and the relief of forgiveness.

Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.

Faith is only as valid as its object. You could have tremendous faith in very thin ice and drown. . . . You could have very little faith in very thick ice and be perfectly secure.

Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady.

"Slightly lower than the angels" is a whole lot better than slightly higher than the apes. Let's get the order straight. God, angelic beings, man, animals, and vegetables.

If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights.

People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.

If we want to live healthy relationships, according to biblical standards, it is done in the fullness of the Spirit.

With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

Maybe that's the best part of going away for a vacation-coming home again.

Mysticism is like pure science

I realized that the one person who could break my heart is the only one who should have it.

Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.

Programming is an explanatory activity.

I'm Shahar Peer. I came here to play tennis. I know I'm from Israel and I'm proud of my country and that playing tennis is what I'm going to do tomorrow.

I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.

Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn prejudices operate in their greatest force.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.